The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-08-21
BIDVELL. THE roRaBR.
Detective Ptnkerten's story Of hts Crims,
Pursuit, and Arrest

PROM the sir-sdpoi,s TStbune
"Yes" replied william Pinkerton, the Chi
cage detective. Il arrested and landed Bid;
the bars. Healing OF his recent discharge
from the Enss6h Prds2n IN The te o
thsr day sa,sa The s good deal
r r1msnee ssSnnsetsi with BidTeil and that
sister Of his who, It seems. effected his re-
sssSreG as' and seP hundrsd Of tines on her
brothers account to have US use our influence
Gated fellow, sharp and shrewd. and conse;,
alently one OF the most accomplished and
dangerous crimInals at that time ~ America:
raised in Adrian, Mich. and pow y aboH, , a
Sf"TS s Fl as was va bGed on nearly mon
dollars. and the case was given TO us TO work
up. | took the case in hand and began work
by shadUwing woman named Chapman. WE
OF the notorious bank rObDer. Joe CHAPMAN.
who supposyd ~ the time was imp!icate tell, ~
the robbery, and | thought perhaps she Would
whom l had every reason TO believe was IN
Eng md. | finally got over to LONDON. ana
one day while walking about the city tracing
some uAnk notes. casually stepped into nus
SENS tailor shop on the Strand. ana there;
hSs,n ei Bidw n and and "s Chapman Inspector
Share OF the Scotland Yards and watched
them for some time. and finally came to the
conclusion that they were but indirectly. II nt
all. connected with the great baltimore rob
berry. was At that time making my reports to
MeSSrs. FreCntlelu OF tne DRnh vi anu
/ took especial pains to explain 70 them the
they merely pooh ,rnohed the Idea tina, these g,
men could do anything. saying that banking In
England was done on u dinerent system than
in America: so let the matter rest.
more oank robbers, and in March. 1873. re-
turned 10 America. A short time after my ar
rival received a cablegram from London say-
frau,lei OF nearly 1.O0O.OOO w none other than
Austin Bldwel and a pa of his named lac
Donnell Another cnhleSram stated S !nat Mac &C.
steamer Th ii1ngia. that she would arrive In
port In a lew days. and that Bidwell was at
Mexico, and would stoJfat Havana. tuba. Be.
ing we'll acquainted with Bdweil. started on
myself e intercept him. aud made bee line
Al Cedar Keys I secured a cattle ship and
we sailed for Havana, and AS good iucf would
Bidwsll on board while rounding into port l
arrested him ns soon as he stepped on the yes
sci and there being No. sxtTadinh treaty b snen
hun at their station. Through bribery he es-
Securing spanish Interpreter started out
and finally located him AT a Spanish town
called Msren9w about i1Tty miles rs t 6.,9w ha
He again underworld to bribe the man ! had
TO rqari MIN By Offering him upi,sd States 's
NOT nSp' r tSt ai the Gu. value Of and he
failed. 1 stayed in Havana until June await
ing the arrival OF the English DETECTIVES.
Cuba Intercepted tier directed to fidwell
al Havana which was written In cipher. made
% !Gs to have seenrs %d
dressed to Capt. George Mathews that WAS q
some European express oti,cs a. IN l., Ap hi ho
RDb.rl found the trunk, and opening it found
s65 s 900 United states bonds wrapped up In
and nv brother shadowed her and found that
she was the wife OF the notorious Phil Has
grave. The letter was written BY GeorHe BID;
we'll who was at Edinburgh at the time. ana
who was arrest ed here u short time atierward.
All the others implicated in the, robbery were
n NV lars nna Ewn sSss Ha fssa
SO with the two Bidweil brothers We had the
whole lot caSed.
don they went under the name OF horton q
Co., and were there ostensibiy Tor the purpose
q establishing large shops 70 mSnhh'a rcnds
They brought s4o;0do with them and es'a sts
a 9 Senn OF h hes
VENT as t to i Brssseis and SECURED a number of
bills of exchange. which they successfully
oeaa shey nd WAS & 9 b Of
exchange. which was little d!itienit 70 get;
At last an opportunity offered iisrlf. r BlhweIl
the railroad which happened to belong to the
Rothschi!d! wien an accident OCCURRED and
his IA" face with Masters. he hobbled into 10th
schild's Office and asked for the Baron. ne
sta ell that he htd been injured on lnrlF rOhu,
but instead OF com planning he merely wanted
bill OF exc hange for a lar-e amount OF money
that he had with him. This he secured. and
alter securing bin OF exchange Of B!eden-
stein their plans were fully perfected and heir
operations begun. They inserted an adver-
cement in one OF the London paners for
private secretary, and had one OF their own
pals THE Edwin Soys Hill thar stated was ar
rested In Londoni t. answer the iHerttse.
men; in the pres n Q NJ some big bank ON ial
when they engaged MIN Their plan was his:
A ter counterieltinE number OF the various
bills exchange thsy would In the morning
send Hill to the bank to cash 1t. They would
then watch OUT side. and II Hill came out alone
everything was all right but II he came out
with a stranger IL WAS slSnal that every
thing was discovered. Things went on
s,noo hly. and they had already secured early
81 OW0DO when the fraud WAS di covered one
day b. there being no date on one u 5leden,
STEMS bills OF exchange Tue sequel IL "a l
have already told you. Hill was arrested in
London, Austin Ri well In Havana; George
Bidwell in Edinburgh. and Mae Donnell in New
York They were all sentenced to HE imnrts-
onmpnt and now see that Austin Hidwell Is
at last pHrdOned and releaspd. AnoT her episode
In Biiw-ll'> lie T. the one thar gives the ro-
mantle colorins, to i, Whif in London he be,
came infatuated with AMI married an Eng i'h
colonei's daugh'e err, who: ther" i no doubt
loved him dearly. and believed him to he the
nun he represented himself to be. He settled
a WY of s25.0i0 on her when they were mar.
rieh which, OF course. WAS stolen money. and
the poor g,rl did not have an opportunity to
,sDend but about $3.50 OF 1t.